Nickel miner INCO sets aside $216 million for investment
Nickel miner PT Vale Indonesia, whose shares are traded on the bourse under the code INCO, is planning to spend up to US$216 million to support its business this year.
Nickel miner PT Vale Indonesia, whose shares are traded on the bourse under the code INCO, is planning to spend up to US$216 million to support its business this year.
Net income at the Indonesian unit of global nickel giant Vale last year fell to less than a quarter of the figure a year earlier, unaudited results released on Thursday showed, a dramatic plunge the company blamed on lower global prices for the metal.
Vale Indonesia posted a net income of $67.5 million in 2012, down 80 percent from $333.8 million the previous year. Revenue fell to 19 percent to $967.3 million from $1.2 billion.